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VILLIAM RUNTE, 0 F NEW YORK, N. Y.

Letters Patent No. 63,308, (lated March 2G, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOOL HANDLES.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, W'ILLIAM RUNTE, of the city, county, and State ofNew York, havev invented a new and improved Tool Handle; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use thesaine, reference being had to the aecompanying drawings, forming a. partof this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view of my inventionpartly in section.

Figure 2 is a portion of a sectional View of the saine.

The Object of this invention is to so arrange a tool handle that allkinds of' shoemakers and saddlersy tools maybe easily held therein, andthat they may be easily removed therefrom and replaced without trouble.

The invention consists in securing the tool to a conical wooden plug,which is inserted into a tapering tube, said tube being screwed into theferrule, which is firmly secured to the handle. Thetool is held by thepressure of the upper surface of the handle upon the base of' thcconical plug, which is thereby rnily pressed into thc tapering tube. Allkinds of shoemakers and saddlersy tools may be arranged in such ahandle, each tool being secured to a conical plug. They may then ail beadapted to one single handle, and may be easily removed or replaced.

A is the wooden handle; B, the ferrule, which is firmly secured to it; Cis .the tool to be held by the handle. The ferrule projects above thehandle, as shown, and is provided either with a male or femalescrewtbread. The tool is firmly secured to the conical plug D, which isinserted from below into the tapering tube E. The latter is then screwedto the ferrulc. The plug D projects a little beyond the lower end of thetube E, as shown, sothat, bythe pressure of the inner endo of the handleA iipon the base end of the plug, the said plug is immovable in the tubeE; but as soon as the latter'is screwed oil?, the cone can be easilyremoved therefrom with the tool, and a new tool inserted. The ferrule Bmay be provided with a plate, Z1, so as to cover the end of the handleA, as shown in fig. 2; or it may simply be a tube, as shown in fig. l.In fig. 1 the ferrule is shown with a female screw-thread, while in fig.2 it is provided with a male thread.

Having thus described my invention, what claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the plug D, and the adjustable ferrule or tube E,with the tool handle, substantially as and for the purpose herein shownand described. l

WM. BUNTE.

Witnesses;

WM. F. McNAMARA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

